Work is continuing on a water mains renewal project in Bagenalstown, Co Carlow.

Irish Water has nearly finished replacing 2.5km of old water mains on the Royal Oak Road to improve the security of supply, improve water quality and reduce high levels of leakage.

With this phase of the project nearing completion, the focus will turn to replacing ageing back yard water mains in the town. Works involve the decommissioning of approximately 1.8km kilometres of old back yard cast iron water mains and back yard services.

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New water mains will be installed along the public road and new service connections will be installed from the new water main to each customer's property. Communities to benefit from these improvement works are Kilcarrig Street, Pairc Muire, Station House Road, Hurley's Lane and Kilree Street.

Irish Water stated: "It is likely that the service connections currently serving these properties from the old back yard water mains in Bagenalstown are made from lead. All new service connections will be made with modern high density polyethylene (HDPE) plastic pipes to ensure a safer, more reliable supply of water to customers in the area. These works will be carried out by Coffey Northumbrian Ltd in partnership with Carlow County Council on behalf of Irish Water."

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